Sports roundup

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November 19, 2012

The Brackenridge Eagles (7-4) football team has no shortage of weapons, but their secret weapon made himself known last Saturday at Alamo Stadium.

Senior Bry Rideb nailed a 20-yard field goal with 11 seconds remain to seal an upset victory over Alamo Heights (8-3), No. 2 in the Express-News sub-5A area rankings. Brackenridge, the No. 3 seed from District 28-4A, scored the 4A Division I game's last nine points after losing a 14-10 halftime lead.

Brack junior quarterback Ramon Richards started the comeback with a one-yard run with 4:40 left in the game. Richards ran for a career-best 218 yards on 28 carries. He also completed 10 of 18 passes for 167 yards, setting up the score with a 32-yard pass to Brack sophomore Trey Mathis.

Brack senior Jarrett Reed scored each of Brackenridge's first two touchdowns.

In the bi-district round, the Eagles are scheduled to play Leander Rouse (7-4), which defeated Austin McCallum, 59-27. The area-round contest will take place 1 p.m. Saturday at Texas State University.

East Central 35, Clark 31

The Hornets (8-3), No. 10 in the Express-News 5A area rankings, scored the final two touchdowns last Friday at Heroes Stadium to prevail over Clark (4-7) in a close game.

The Cougars led the Class 5A Division II bi-district game 31-21 with little more than five minutes remaining.

On its only completion of the evening, East Central pulled within a touchdown on a 39-yard pass from Hornets junior Jeremy Jones to Wanya Ward.

A defensive stop three plays later gave East Central a chance to win the game, which was enhanced by the Hornets Russell Brown's 45-yard punt return.

East Central standout senior back Chris Armstrong (130 yards, 18 carries) only needed one play to cover the remaining 10 yards and score the winning touchdown.

The Hornets will play Madison (9-2) 6 p.m. Friday at Comalander Stadium. The Mavericks, No. 4 in the Express-News rankings, defeated Wagner 37-21 in the bi-district round last Friday.

The Knights (9-2) punished Katy Pope John XXIII last Saturday in a TAPPS Division II area-round game last Saturday at Harlandale Memorial Stadium.

Knights senior back Kyron Davis (222 yards, 26 carries) inflicted much of the damage, rushing for five touchdowns. He scored two during Holy Cross 26-point second quarter. An 11-yard pass from Knights senior quarterback Sam Moreno (17 of 29, 187 yards) to Daylon de los Santos helped the Knights build a 40-21 halftime advantage.

The Knights will play Houston Second Baptist (7-3) this weekend.

O'Connor 42,

Southwest 12

The Dragons (6-5) undoubtedly opened some eyes last Saturday afternoon holding powerful O'Connor (9-2), No. 5 in the Express-News rankings, just 7-3 at halftime in the Alamodome.

O'Connor (9-2) made an impressive show of strength soon thereafter, rolling to 21 third-quarter points. O'Connor's Tre Johnson (150 yards, 19 carries) sparked the Panthers with a 63-yard scoring run 50 seconds into the second half.

Southwest's Jose Alvarez added his second field goal in the quarter to keep the Dragons within 14-6 at the 6:15 mark. They scored their only touchdown on a 1-yard run from Dragons junior Erin Mack (68 yards, 16 carries) with 3:48 remaining.

Hays 60, Highlands 7

The Cinderella run came to an abrupt end in Buda for Highlands (4-7), making its first playoff appearance since 2002.

The host Rebels (10-1) scored the game's first 60 points, 39 in the first half. They romped to 633 total yards in the Class 4A Division I bi-district game at Shelton Stadium.